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The Reading owned ten Alco C424 units like No. 5208 seen here at Williamsport, Pa. Numbered 5201-5210 (Conrail 2490-2499), the ten were used sytem-wide and were part of the Phase I group of Century C424 units. In this article (part one of two), Jim Si...

Running five hours late the Southbound Amtrak Silver Star arrives at Orlando, Fla., base of operations for the SBD/SCL Orlando Subdivision. At left is SCL U18B No. 378, one of 115 owned by the road, and typical power on the Sub for many years. - Photo...

Creeping through South Dakota prairies, "lizard" 1619 has a long grain train in tow on C&NWs Watertown-Sioux Valley Junction branch in August 1977. The venerable Alco - to diesel fans, an RSD4 - will work to the main line at Sioux Valley Junction ...

CUT passenger Geep 5901 is at Elkhart, Ind., in January 1962, having strayed from its original assignment locale in Ohio. As on all NYC Geeps, the "front" of the locomotive is actually the long-hood end, hence the "F" designation - barely visible in t...

Above left: The Vermilion depot possesses some interesting trim connected with the eaves and the roof, and it could easily be a candidate for renovation for other uses. Below left: This view highlights the former operator/agent's office and baggage ar...

Rib edges were lightly sanded as part of the weathering treatment for the Penn Central 65-foot mill gondola. Load of pipe (actually painted straws) conceals the weight that was added to improve tracking.
BY THE PM STAFF Photography by Jim...

SDP45 and SD45 team up running eastbound over Starrucca Viaduct. Photo by Victor Hand.
BY THE PM STAFF - Model Photography by JIM SIX
The right locomotive for the right service at the right time
SDP45 No. 3644 poses in the Erie Lackaw...

MODELING CONRAIL part two
Photographs by VICTOR HAND
Who will buy Conrail? This is one of the reigning questions in railroading as we enter the year 1985. Only a short nine years ago the question might have been...

On April 21, 1952, R. D. Acton Sr. photographed a westbound Pennsy freight from Troy Hill Road west of Urbana, Ohio. To the right of the trio of FTs is the passing track used by passenger trains to overtake slow moving freights while the separated tra...